Smart cards provide hurdles, opportunities for Free Software
Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 81.149.223.5]
on April 08, 2008 11:25 AM
I do not like these complex systems based on smart cards, they have very bad mode of failure.
They proved that the smart card has authentificated the transaction, not that the legitimate owner has done so.
They enable to unlock money (for instance access to hospital/medecine) so there is incentive for someone to subvert the system.
That will be the first thing stolen to someone becoming homeless (with the ID card), and there is no point to renew the card to the homeless because it will be stolen by the next morning.
The best solution is usually to limit the direct exchange of money (direct funding to the hospital, reduction of the price paid for medecine), so that the few <pound/euro/dollard> left to pay do not worth stealing - and do not even worth managing by a smart card neither.
I know, that is bad news for smart card companies / governement who can not more tax a percentage of the money exchanged,...
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Smart cards provide hurdles, opportunities for Free Software
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 81.149.223.5] on April 08, 2008 11:25 AMThey proved that the smart card has authentificated the transaction, not that the legitimate owner has done so.
They enable to unlock money (for instance access to hospital/medecine) so there is incentive for someone to subvert the system.
That will be the first thing stolen to someone becoming homeless (with the ID card), and there is no point to renew the card to the homeless because it will be stolen by the next morning.
The best solution is usually to limit the direct exchange of money (direct funding to the hospital, reduction of the price paid for medecine), so that the few <pound/euro/dollard> left to pay do not worth stealing - and do not even worth managing by a smart card neither.
I know, that is bad news for smart card companies / governement who can not more tax a percentage of the money exchanged,...
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